GENERAL NEWS

About 120 roofs of houses have been ripped off, displacing several people at Obogu in the Asante Akyem South District of the Ashanti region following a torrential rainfall on Sunday, March 20. The incident occurred around 5:00 pm during the heavy downpour which was accompanied by strong winds. The affected …

Fees of public toilets are set to increase as septic tank dislodging groups hint of hiking their fees due to persistent increase in fuel prices, some caretakers of public toilets in Accra have said. Mr John Esefu, popularly known as Kakra, a caretaker of the Accra Tema Station public toilet, …

Beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) are planning a protest should their meeting with government fail to yield positive results. The group had protested over the non-payment of their six months allowances in February, which prompted the payment of two months arrears. But they are now asking for the …

The mother of the late Lance Corporal Stephen Kwaku Nyame has stated that it is pure hatred that has led to the killing of her son. Vida Fosu explained that knowing her son and all the things that have been said about him recently, cannot be true. She said that …

In support of the “Keeping Ashanti Region Clean and Green” agenda, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) has presented 13 brand new state-of-the-art-waste collection trucks to district assemblies in the Greater Kumasi Area of the Ashanti Region. The waste management trucks will help address the problem of lack of adequate garbage trucks …

Government could, in the coming days, reduce the salaries of some appointees by between 20 percent and 30 percent, a report from Asaase.com has revealed. According to the report, the move is to protect the social intervention policy of the Akufo-Addo administration which includes Free Senior High School policy. This …

A man believed to be in his fifties, and unstable mentally has been reported missing in Kulaa, a suburb of Tamale Metropolis Reports gathered by GhanaWeb has it that the 50 years old man, named Mahamadu Fuseini, left from a treatment centre at Gbanyamni in the same Municipality. The man is said …

The girlfriend of one of the slain policemen who was implicated in the bullion van attacks case, has narrated her last days with her late beloved. Sedem, as she is known as, said the late Lance Corporal Stephen Kwaku Nyame had been on admission at the hospital when one night, …

Exactly 70 years ago, Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, became the first prime minister of the then Gold Coast. Before he became prime minister, Dr Nkrumah, was the Leader of the Government Business of the new Legislative Assembly. The assembly met on February 20, 1951, because his party, the …

The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government sits comfortably at the top of the list of governments since Ghana’s independence that have had the tallest records of appointees serving in various ministerial portfolios. The ‘elephant-sized’ government of the Nana Akufo-Addo regime was announced right after the New Patriotic Party assumed office in 2017, …